Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Board of High School and Intermediate Education is all set to conduct annual examination for intermediate level and high school. The examinations will be held from March 12 in two shifts.

Sources said over 62 lakh students will appear for the examinations this year at over 10, 000 test centers.

The Director of Education Vasudev Yadav on Friday announced the schedule for board examinations. He also informed that the morning and evening shift examinations will be held from 7.30 AM to 10.45 AM, and 2 PM to 5.15 PM respectively.

The high school exams will be conducted from March 12 to April 3, whereas the intermediate examinations will be held from March 12 to April 18.

A total of 37, 09,877 and 24, 98,352 students are registered for high school and Intermediate examinations respectively. Students will get 15 minutes additional time to read the question paper thoroughly.